dictionary of the swatow dialect.
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- úa sìn kĭen-tì cêk koiⁿ chù;
- I have lately built a house.
- cía tîeh cò̤-nî lâi chù-tì cìaⁿ hó̤?
- In what way should this be decided?
- cheng tì-bói ke-si câp mûeh to cū ho̤h cōi cîⁿ;
- merely laying in all the things necessary for household use takes a deal of money.
- khṳ̀ ka̤u, tì ŭ sĭm-mih hùe-mûeh lâi?
- On arriving, what goods did you buy to bring back with you?
- i tì sin sṳ̄ gūa m̄ kẃn;
- he cares nothing about what does not pertain to his own personal affairs.
- i cêng tì ke a būe?
- Has he taken a wife yet?
- i cò̤-ni̤ m̄ tì kâi ke-ău?
- Why does he not get a wife?
- keng i chíu tì ŭ ho̤h cōi súaⁿ-ngîap;
- bought in a large amount of real estate, using him as factor.
- cía tī-hng sĭ i chàng-tì kâi;
- this place was founded by him.
- hīn-khek kâi hûang-tì tì to sĭ tŏ̤ pak-kiaⁿ;
- the present emperor locates his capital at Peking.
- uaⁿ-tì kàu thó̤-thó̤ thiap-thiap;
- located with the utmost regard to safety and order.
- 帝ti880506
- One who rules by his own power; a god; a divine being; a sovereign, a potentate
- hûang tì;
- the emperor.
- sĭang tì;
- the Supreme Ruler, the highest being in the heavenly pantheon.
- gêk hûang sĭang tì;
- the august Shangti, whose throne is supposed to be in the Dipper.
- hîen thien sĭang-tì;
- the Ruler of the Somber Heavens.
- hîap thien tăi tì;
- the god Kwanti.
- bûn-tì;
- the god of Letters.
- bú-tì;
- the god of War.
- cṳ̄ kó kâi tì ûang;
- the potentates of olden times.
- hûang-tì cheⁿ;
- the star β in Ursa Major.
- tì-ūi thŵn khuⁿt tī-tîang?
- To whom does the throne descend?
- 智tì58728
- Wisdom; prudence; shrewd.
- tì-hŭi;
- discretion; understanding.
- chong-mêng tì-hŭi kâi nâng;
- an intelligent, sagacious person.
- i câp hun ŭ tì-hŭi;
- he has good judgment.
- sĭ tì iong sang chŵn kâi nâng;
- is a person who is both brave and capable.
- 戴tì8446214
- To carry on the head.
- tì bō̤;
- wear a cap.
- tì lôih;
- wear a splint hat.
- tì cang;
- to wear a high coiffure.
- i ŭ tì téng mē?
- Does he wear a button denoting official rank?
- i s̆i tì tŏ̤ thâu-khak téng lâi;
- he brought it on his head.
- 池tî63853
- A pool, a pond, a tank, a fosse.
- mn̂g kha líu kâi tî;
- a pool had been dug near the door.
- hù̂ tî;
- a fish-pool.
- sîaⁿ tî;
- the city moat.
- nôiⁿ tî;
- a lotus pond.
- èng-chài tî;
- a pool where endive grows.
- īⁿ tî líu khah chíen;
- the pond made in the college grounds is too shallow.
- phûn côiⁿ líu kâi
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tau-tî;
- made a curved slope before the grave.
- gûeh keng tî;
- the pool around the examination hall in a Confucian temple.
- tî-cúi tĭⁿ;
- the pool is full of water.
- bói cē tî-thô lâi cèng hue;
- buy a little of the mud from the bottom of a pool to plant flowers in.
- tî hṳ̂;
- fresh water fish.
- tì hūaⁿ;
- the brink of the pool.
- nán lâi tî tèng, kà úa ô̤h sîu;
- let us go to the pond and jou teach me to swim.
- tî kîⁿ màiⁿ kîaⁿ khah lím;
- do not walk too near the edge of the pond.
- tî-hūaⁿ pang khṳ̀;
- the side of the pool has caved in.
- chia tî cúi;
- pump out the water from the pool.
- nôiⁿ-kak tî;
- a pool where water caltrops grow.
- pûah lô̤h tî;
- fell into the pool.
- cí kò̤ kâi tî khut cōi;
- there are many pools hereabouts.
- 弟tĭ879574
- A younger brother; cousins, relatives, juniors.
- hiaⁿ tĭ kíaⁿ;
- the two young brothers.
- lṳ́ ŭ kúi ūi lĕng tĭ?
- How many younger brothers have you?
- sìa tĭ saⁿ nâng;
- I have three younger brothers.
- tĭ-cṳ́;
- pupils.
- ngô̤ tĭ;
- síe tĭ; your humble servant.
- hàm a-tĭ lâi;
- tell the little brother to come here.
- cí kâi sĭ i kâi ĭ-bó̤ tĭ;
- this is his half-brother, having the same father, but not the same mother.
- cò̤ hiaⁿ tĭ;
- be brethren.
- tâng nî hiaⁿ tĭ;
- men born in the same year.
- píe hiaⁿ tĭ;
- cousins, whose mothers were sisters.
- thâng hiaⁿ tĭ;
- male cousins whose fathers were brothers.
- cŭang hiaⁿ tĭ;
- second cousins of the same surname.
- côk tĭ;
- a junior relative, of the same surname.
- pau tĭ;
- own brother.
- kit ngĭ kâi hiaⁿ tĭ;
- brothers by adoption.
- 隷tĭ5241718
- Official attendants; attached to; belonging to.
- i tó̤ tng cau-tĭ kâi nâng;
- he is a lictor who precedes an officer's retinue.
- tĭ cṳ;
- the square plain style of Chinese characters.
- tît tĭ ciu;
- an inferior department whose magistrate is directly responsible to the provincial government, and not to the prefect.
- 第tĭ8791185
- A literary degree.
- kîp tĭ;
- to get a degree.
- i put tĭ tńg-khṳ̀;
- he returned without attaining a degree.
- sĭ cin put tĭ, a sĭ ké put tĭ?
- Did he really fail to graduate higher, or is he concealing the fact of his promotion?
- tī gû cêk mêⁿ āiⁿ-āiⁿ-kìe;
- the tadpoles squeaked all night.
- 何tī21595
- What; an interrogative; whatever.
- tī-tîang?
- Who?
- tī-kò̤?
- Where?
- tī-kâi?
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